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11879833

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
One hundred Orthopaedic Consultants in the UK were randomly selected and asked to complete a postal questionnaire indicating when they felt patients with treated, pain free, common limb fractures could return to driving. Seventy-two questionnaires were returned. Six were not completed leaving 66 completed questionnaires. Analysis revealed a clear mandate to allow or prevent driving in patients with certain treatment modalities and stages of union. In the lower limb there was majority agreement of suitability to drive in 61% of the 28 presented scenarios. Opinion was more divided for the upper limb, with only 43% of the scenarios having majority agreement. Our results show that while for some common limb fractures there is a clear body of opinion supporting safety to drive, for other common fractures opinion is less clear cut. This has important financial, medico-legal and legal implications that could be resolved by formal testing.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0020-1383
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
51-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Safety to drive after common limb fractures.
pubmed:affiliation
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Windmill Road, Headington, Oxford, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article